'Shooting happened shooting': Man Shot At During Baba Siddique Firing
PTC News Desk: Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead outside his son's office in Mumbai on October 12. Along with Siddique, the shooters also fired bullet on Raj Kanojia at a temple who suffered injuries on the leg and reportedly not related to Siddique. The shooters fired six bullets at Mr Siddique and a man, Raj Kanojia, at a temple - who is reportedly not related to Siddique - was also injured in the firing, shows a new video of the aftermath of the shooting.
A video of the shooting has been surfaced showing a man lying on the floor with injuries and a cloth tied to his leg to stop the overflowing blood. The video shows the 22 year old while he was returning from a fruit juice centre when he was hit while the cops were trying to disperse the crowd.
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Raj Kanojia rues on the fact on how helpless and out of action he would be for the straight two months. "What help, sir. I have been shot in the leg. My sister's wedding is in February. I won't be able to do much."
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"The atmosphere was such. It felt like crackers were being burst. I felt as if a cracker had exploded on my feet. When I checked, I found blood. Soon, chaos ensued. People started running everywhere. People shouted, there's been a firing, there's been a firing. Hobbling on one leg, I somehow reached the nearby temple. Some people took me inside and then I was taken to a hospital," said Kanojia.
Following the shooting, the cops apprehended two shooters, Gurmail Baljit Singh and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap however, a third shooter Shiv Kumar managed to escape. The Mumbai Police has is on high alert and has set up several teams across the state for further investigation and in search of the individuals associated with this high profile murder.
- With inputs from agencies
